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Alternative title:
Nevil Shute's A Town Like Alice
Adaptation of
A Town Like Alice
1950
single work
novel
Issue Details:
First known date:
1981...
1981
A Town Like Alice
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Film Details - Seven Network ; Alice Productions , 1981
Producers:
Henry Crawford
Production Companies:
Alice Productions
Finance Organisations:
Film Victoria
Australian Film Commission
Director of Photography:
Russell Boyd
Production Designers:
Lawrence Eastwood
Composer:
Bruce Smeaton
Cast:
Helen Morse (Jean Paget), Bryan Brown (Joe Harman), Gordon Jackson (Noel Strachan), Dorothy Alison (Mrs. Frith), Yuki Shimoda (Sergeant Mifune), Anna Volska (Sally Wilson-Hayes), Donald MacDonald (Derek Wilson-Hayes), Pat Evison (Mrs. Collard), Richard Narita (Captain Sugamo), Steve Bisley (Tim), John Howard (Donald Paget), Anne Haddy (Aggie Topp), Sid Heylen (Art Foster), Maggie Dence (Mrs O'Connor).
Release Dates:
First air date: 12 July, 1981, Seven Network. VHS Release Date (Anchor Bay): July 30, 1992.
Awards:
- The mini-series took a total of five TV Week Logie awards in 1982, including best mini-series and four acting awards.
- Tom Hegarty won the AWGIE for Television Adaptation in 1982.
Notes:
Series Writers include Tom Hegarty, Rosemary Anne Sisson.
Screened in the United Kingdom by the BBC in 1984. The BBC promotional trailer is available here: http://youtu.be/zdC4LMbE80U
In this clip on YouTube, Jean meets Joe for the first time.
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